Yesterday's Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on Trostyanets, Sumy Oblast, targeted the 'Mondelez' confectionery factory.

Coordinates: 50.48677, 34.94304

Russian forces have captured the village of Minkivka, Rai-Oleksandrivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~800.
Total land area: ~2.72 km².

The fighting for Minkivka lasted approximately 2 months, 4 days.

New sentinel satellite imagery reveals that most of the Iskander-M ballistic missiles aimed at Kirovohrad Oblast struck Kanatove Airbase, which is home to Ukrainian Su-24 and Su-27 aircraft.

Judging by the crater sizes, all of these were Iskander-Ms rather than S-400 ground-to-ground missiles. 11 impact craters are visible, and considering the fact that there are no known Patriot batteries operating in Kirovohrad Oblast, the other 4 missiles which were detected flying to the region probably impacted something else.

Coordinates: 48.56321, 32.39035

Ukrainian forces have re-established control over the village of Andriivka, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~753.
Total land area: ~2.47 km².

Ukrainian forces have captured the village of Ostapivske, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~128.
Total land area: ~0.67 km².

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Nechaivka, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~126.
Total land area: ~0.62 km².

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Ternove, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~316.
Total land area: ~1.50 km².

The fighting for Ternove lasted approximately 16 days.

Russian forces have largely completed their withdrawal from the salient stretching from Andriivka to Yehorivka in the Pokrovs'ke direction, which was initiated some time around February 12 due to the risk of encirclement from the localised Ukrainian counteroffensive.

As such, Ukrainian forces were able to recapture Andriivka, Ostapivske, and Nechaivka, have likely cleared Danylivka (still requires further confirmation), and are now fighting for Yehorivka.

This action by the Russians was pre-planned, and has been expected to take place for some time. These were some of the last remaining lightly-manned areas of the Pokrovs'ke direction, meaning that from now on, practically all Ukrainian attacks will take place in much more fortified and consolidated areas, which is already resulting in a sharp increase in Ukrainian casualties.

Additionally, once this withdrawal is fully completed, the line of contact will be significantly shortened, simplifying Russia's defensive operation as well as future stabilising counterattacks.

Yesterday evening, 2 Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from near Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, impacted an unknown target near the village of Olefirivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.